The twoway its not clear that he wants the mantle of leadership, but many of egypts antigovernment demonstrators. In his new book, ghonim explains how social media helped transform his. Wael ghonim talks revolution in egypt the boston globe. The power of the people is greater than the people. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Wael ghonim, a 31 yearold egyptian, came onto the global scene during the january 25th revolution in egypt. Wael ghonim egyptian activist and computer engineer. He founded tahrir academy, a nonprofit online collaborative learning platform, aiming to transform young egyptians characters. Its a book about social media for people who dont think they care about. The pages followers expanded quickly and moved from online protests to nonconfrontational public gatherings. Egypt uprising figure wael ghonim signs book deal bbc news. In one of the interviews made with him regarding this book, wael stated. Kennedy profile in courage award in the name of the people of egypt. Discover book depositorys huge selection of wael ghonim books online. He is a cofounder of parlio, a new media platform for public conversations that rewards civility, which has been acquired by quora. The pages following expanded quickly and moved from online protests to a nonconfrontational movement.
Google ceo eric schmidt says company is very proud of egypt. Join facebook to connect with wael ghonim and others you may know. Egypt protest hero wael ghonim to write book daily news. The power of the people is greater than the people in power, the 31yearold egyptian details his role in the arab spring. If you are true egyptians, if you are heroic egyptians, its time. Wael ghonim, the egyptian activist hailed by many fellow protesters as a hero, had a message wednesday for his countrys leaders. Eqyptian wael ghonim gets book deal for revolution 2. Googles eric schmidt praises wael ghonim for egypt role. We are all khaled said was set up by one of the arab worlds leading internet gurus wael ghonim.
On the plane over, i read wael ghonims excellent memoir revolution 2. After being held in secret detention by egyptian security. A look inside the egyptian revolution chicago tribune. A year after the tahrir square uprising, wael ghonim is the international superstar of the arab spring, with a big new book out this month celebrating the egyptian revolution he helped unleash. Egypt protest hero wael ghonim to write book egypt independent. In wael ghonim, egypts antimubarak street movement finally found a hero to rally around after a period of leaderless protest. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Wael ghonim believes that the internet can be the most powerful platform for connecting humanity, if we can bring civility and thoughtful conversations back to it. Houghton mifflin harcourt said monday that it has secured the rights to ghonims book, which it said will tell the inside story of the egyptian revolution and. Wael ghonim is an internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship. Wael is a senior fellow at ash center for democratic governance at harvard university. Wael ghonim was born to a middleclass family on 23 january 1980 in cairo, egypt, and grew up in abha, saudi arabia, until he was years old.
How wael ghonim became the symbol of the egyptian revolution. One year ago, wael ghonim spoke with reporters in cairos tahrir. Google executive, revolutionary, and author of revolution 2. Whether or not we can trace the remarkable turn of events in egypt solely to wael is in many ways immaterial. The power of the people is greater than the people in power. He is a cofounder with karim fateem and osman osman of, an online discussion group. We recently spoke with ghonim, who is in cairo, still hard at work. On the 25th of january 2011, a call for people to protest against the egyptian government appeared on facebook. Ghonim cites the tunisian uprising as a spark, the book doesnt offer. Houghton mifflin harcourt has acquired revolution 2. Wael ghonim, the anonymous administrator of the we are all khaled said. The goal is to create future leaders who are critical thinkers. He earned a bs in computer engineering from cairo university in 2004 and an mba, with receptacles in marketing and finance from the american university in cairo in. It was the perfect book for a long flight fast paced, interesting, and timely.
Wael ghonim is a computer engineer, an internet activist, and a social entrepreneur. Feb 09, 2011 wael ghonim, the egyptian activist hailed by many fellow protesters as a hero, had a message wednesday for his countrys leaders. Houghton mifflin harcourt said monday that it has secured the rights to ghonim s book, which it said will tell the inside story of the egyptian revolution and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Egypt protest hero wael ghonim to write book daily news egypt. Jan 15, 20 discover book depositorys huge selection of wael ghonim books online. Houghton mifflin harcourt said on monday that it has secured the rights to ghonims book, which it said will tell the inside story of the egyptian revolution and the lessons of the arab spring. The following month, he declared that he has signed a book deal named revolution 2. How wael ghonim sparked egypts uprising by mike giglio on 211 at 10.